Patents Issued in March 5, 2019
  • Patent number: 10219884
    Abstract: A urinary incontinence device includes a working portion having an insertion equivalent diameter ranging from about 10 to about 25 mm and a use equivalent diameter ranging from about 25 to about 35 mm under an expansion pressure of about 20 to about 150 cm H2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: First Quality Hygienic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Bartning, Kevin F. Gironda, Mari Hou, Thomas P. Luchino, Kirsten Freislinger Luehrs, Pramod Mavinkurve, Leonard Rosenfeld, Raymond J. Hull, Jr., David J. Chase
  • Patent number: 10219885
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, aspects of soft tissue anchors, adjustable length/tension slings, interconnects between slings and soft tissue anchors, delivery devices and systems for implanting supportive slings, and methods relating to anchoring, 5 adjusting and implanting supportive slings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: George Mamo, Michael F. Weiser
  • Patent number: 10219886
    Abstract: A deployment device for a flexible implant includes a housing and one or two chambers formed therein. When two chambers are included, the housing can have two elongate openings formed in its outer sides, each providing side access to one of the chambers, and the flexible implant can be rolled into a double-rolled configuration and placed in the chambers of the deployment device in such a way that a middle portion of the flexible implant is external to the housing. When the flexible implant is rolled and loaded in the deployment device, the flexible implant can extend out through open end(s) of the chamber(s) or can be encapsulated within the chamber(s). The flexible implant can be provided separate from the deployment device. The flexible implant can include a flexible base sheet including a body portion and a tab. A flexible separable layer can be removably disposed on the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Atrium Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Albert A. LePage, Jr., Scott E. Corbeil, Anthony R. Horton
  • Patent number: 10219887
    Abstract: There are described a variety of intravascular filters wherein at least a portion of the filter has been modified to provide an enhanced echogenic characteristic of the filter. Also described are systems for positioning a variety of intravascular filters within the vasculature wherein the systems include an intravascular filter, an intravascular ultrasound transducer, a user interface configured to receive input from an operator regarding a surgical procedure including an insertion site and a destination site for positioning the filter according to the surgical procedure, a display, and a processor. The filter can include a hub and a plurality of legs or wires or segments extending from the hub, wherein at least a portion of the hub or a portion of one or more of the legs or wires or segments is modified to provide an enhanced echogenic characteristic of the filter or a portion of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: VOLCANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Johnson, Jeremy Stigall
  • Patent number: 10219888
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, an implant in which cells are arranged in a fine pattern that is available for immediate implantation and that does not need to be removed after implantation is provided. The present invention relates to a cell-containing sheet, which comprises cells and a support comprising a bioabsorbable material, in which the support has a cell adhesion protein-containing layer on the surface thereof and the cells form a pattern on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Morita, Akiko Kobayashi, Hideshi Hattori, Masatoshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 10219889
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes an elongate member having a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a medial portion that is disposed between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion. The medial portion is configured to be disposed in a ureter of a patient. The apparatus further includes an expandable member that is coupled to the elongate member. The expandable member has an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The expandable member is further configured to be inserted into the ureter of the patient and configured to contact the ureter to help retain the elongate member in place within the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Deal, Ray Amos, Mark Hera, Jennifer Keeler, Jeff Smith, Nancy Deal
  • Patent number: 10219890
    Abstract: Vascular devices and methods for addressing aortic pathologies are provided that facilitate hemostasis at the junctions of the ends of the device with the native aorta or other vessels to minimize or eliminate the risk of endoleaks. One or both ends of the device may include inner and outer skirts that are configured to receive a section of native blood vessel therebetween. The outer skirt may be flared in some cases or rolled up prior to placement at and engagement with the blood vessel to provide clearance for joining the blood vessel to the inner skirt of the device, such as via sutures. Once engaged, the outer skirt is disposed such that the blood vessel is between the inner and outer skirts. Devices and associated methods are also described that allow endografts to be deployed and engaged with an end of the device in areas with insufficient landing zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Jeko Metodiev Madjarov
    Inventor: Jeko Metodiev Madjarov
  • Patent number: 10219891
    Abstract: A stent-graft prosthesis includes a tubular graft and a stent coupled to the tubular graft via a plurality of stitches. The stent has a sinusoidal pattern defined by a plurality of crowns and a plurality of struts. The stitches form a stitch path having a sinusoidal pattern that corresponds to the sinusoidal pattern of the stent. A width of curved segments of the stitch path that are disposed over crowns of the stent is configured to permit relative longitudinal movement between the stents and the tubular graft. A width of intermediate segments of the stitch path that are disposed over struts of the stent may be configured to restrict or permit relative circumferential movement between the stents and the tubular graft. The stitch path may include a plurality of transverse stitches in order to prevent exposure of the crowns beyond the stitch path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Sohrab Sethna, Ana Zavala
  • Patent number: 10219893
    Abstract: An improved intraocular lens, for example, an accommodating intraocular lens including a lens optic, the lens optic including a ring-shaped lens optic portion and/or a light window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: TEKIA, INC.
    Inventors: Gene Currie, Larry W. Blake
  • Patent number: 10219894
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, inter alia, materials, devices, kits and methods that may be used to treat chronic sinusitis. Disclosed are biodegradable medical scaffolds for placement within sinus cavity of a patient, methods of making the implants and methods of treatment. The scaffolds comprise a structure having a substantially tubular configuration and a therapeutic-agent-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: 480 Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Changcheng You, Quynh Pham, Danny Concagh
  • Patent number: 10219895
    Abstract: Nanofiber-based biomaterials containing fibroin for wound repair and tissue replacement and, more particularly, heart valve replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
    Inventors: William D. Wagner, Nicole Levi, Rui Wang, Louis C. Argenta, Michael J. Morykwas
  • Patent number: 10219896
    Abstract: Embodiments hereof relate to a transcatheter valve prosthesis including a tubular fabric body, a first or inflow tubular scaffold attached to a first end portion of the tubular fabric body, and a second or outflow tubular scaffold attached to a second end portion of the tubular fabric body. A prosthetic valve component is disposed within and secured to an intermediate portion of the tubular fabric body that longitudinally extends between the first and second end portions of the tubular fabric body. The intermediate portion is unsupported such that neither of the first and second tubular scaffolds surrounds the intermediate portion of the tubular fabric body. The intermediate portion may include one or more windows for coronary access and may include one or more commissure reinforcement members coupled thereto to provide support for the prosthetic valve component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sandstrom, Alaena Maiorano, Joel Racchini
  • Patent number: 10219897
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to stents, valved-stents, (e.g., single-stent-valves and double stent/valved-stent systems) and associated methods and systems for their delivery via minimally-invasive surgery. The stent component comprises a first stent section (102) a second stent section (104) a third stent section (106) and a fourth stent section (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SYMETIS SA
    Inventors: Jacques Essinger, Serge Delaloye, Jean-Luc Hefti, Stephane Delaloye
  • Patent number: 10219898
    Abstract: The invention discloses an artificial valve (10, 20, 30, 50) for implantation in a mammal body, in or adjacent to a mammal blood vessel, comprising a casing (12, 37, 61) and a closing mechanism, with at least part of said closing mechanism being a first moving part (11; 21, 22; 31, 32, 33; 51) adapted to make movements relative to said casing (12, 37, 61), said movements being to assume an open and a closed position for opening and closing, respectively, the blood flow through said blood vessel, as well as to positions in between said open and closed positions. In the valve of the invention, the closing mechanism is adapted to be powered in its movements to the closed position, with the powering being at least in part by means of a power mechanism (76, 83) external to the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 10219899
    Abstract: Methods and systems for introducing a delivery device, having a prosthesis, in the heart at or near the apex of the heart are provided. The methods include the steps of piercing the apex of the heart with a tissue piercing end of the delivery device, advancing the prosthesis to the target site and disengaging the prosthesis from the delivery device at the target site for implantation. The valve replacement systems are configured to deliver a replacement heart valve to a target site in or near a heart. The valve replacement system includes a trocar or other suitable device to penetrate the heart at or near the apex of the heart, a delivery member that is movably disposed within the trocar, and a replacement cardiac valve disposed on the delivery member. The delivery member optionally includes mechanical or inflatable expanding members for implantating the prosthetic valve at the target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC 3F THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Bjarne Bergheim
  • Patent number: 10219900
    Abstract: This invention relates to a delivery apparatus and method for deployment of a mitral valve replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Tendyne Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Vidlund, Kemal Schankereli
  • Patent number: 10219901
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve assembly for use in replacing a deficient native valve comprises a replacement valve supported on an expandable valve support. If desired, one or more anchor may be used. The valve support, which entirely supports the valve annulus, valve leaflets, and valve commissure points, is configured to be collapsible for transluminal delivery and expandable to contact the anatomical annulus of the native valve when the assembly is properly positioned. The anchor engages the lumen wall when expanded and prevents substantial migration of the valve assembly when positioned in place. The prosthetic valve assembly is compressible about a catheter, and restrained from expanding by an outer sheath. The catheter may be inserted inside a lumen within the body, such as the femoral artery, and delivered to a desired location, such as the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC CV LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Jacques Seguin, Georg Bortlein
  • Patent number: 10219902
    Abstract: Implants or systems of implants and methods apply a selected force vector or a selected combination of force vectors within or across the left atrium, which allow mitral valve leaflets to better coapt. The implants or systems of implants and methods make possible rapid deployment, facile endovascular delivery, and full intra-atrial adjustability and retrievability years after implant. The implants or systems of implants and methods also make use of strong fluoroscopic landmarks. The implants or systems of implants and methods make use of an adjustable implant and a fixed length implant. The implants or systems of implants and methods may also utilize an adjustable bridge stop to secure the implant, and the methods of implantation employ various tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MVRx, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Machold, David J. Scott, David A. Rahdert, David R. Tholfsen, Robert T. Chang, John A. Macoviak
  • Patent number: 10219903
    Abstract: Mitral valve prolapse and mitral regurgitation can be treating by implanting in the mitral annulus a transvalvular intraannular band. The band is positioned so that it extends transversely across a coaptive edge formed by the closure of the mitral valve leaflets, to inhibit prolapse into the left atrium. At least one marginal chordae is severed, to permit leaflet closure against the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Heart Repair Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Valavanur A. Subramanian, Thomas Afzal, Gary Hulme, Jeffrey Christian, Michael L. Reo
  • Patent number: 10219904
    Abstract: Medical devices, systems, and methods reduce the distance between two locations in tissue, often for treatment of congestive heart failure. In one embodiment an anchor of an implant system may reside within the right ventricle in engagement with the ventricular septum. A tension member may extend from that anchor through the septum and an exterior wall of the left ventricle to a second anchor disposed along an epicardial surface. Deployment of the anchor within the right ventricle may be performed by inserting a guidewire through the septal wall into the right ventricle. The anchor may be inserted into the right ventricle over the guidewire and through a lumen of a catheter. An anchor force may be applied within a desired range to secure the anchors about the septum and epicardial surface. The anchor force may inhibit migration of the anchors relative to the septum and epicardial surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BioVentrix, Inc.
    Inventors: William Butler, Kevin Van Bladel, Ernie Heflin, Lon Annest, Rovil Arcia, John Bower
  • Patent number: 10219905
    Abstract: Implants or systems of implants and methods apply a selected force vector or a selected combination of force vectors within or across the left atrium, which allow mitral valve leaflets to better coapt. The implants or systems of implants and methods make possible rapid deployment, facile endovascular delivery, and full intra-atrial retrievability. The implants or systems of implants and methods also make use of strong fluoroscopic landmarks. The implants or systems of implants and methods make use of an adjustable implant and a fixed length implant. The implants or systems of implants and methods may also utilize a bridge stop to secure the implant, and the methods of implantation employ various tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MVRx, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Chang, John A. Macoviak, David A. Rahdert, Timothy R. Machold
  • Patent number: 10219906
    Abstract: An implantable inflatable penile prosthesis cylinder has a longitudinal axis and includes an inflatable portion. The inflatable portion includes a chamber that defines an inflatable chamber. The chamber wall includes at least one thin wall section and at least one thick wall section. The at least one thin wall section stretches a greater amount than the at least one thick wall section in a plane extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis when the inflatable chamber is transitioned from a deflated state to an inflated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric F. Little
  • Patent number: 10219907
    Abstract: The present invention comprises devices, systems, and methods for elongating bone using an extension implant having a first end and a second end. The first end of the extension implant is inserted into an opening in the live bone and the second end of the extension implant is combined with an enlarged implant. A plurality of channels extend through the components to serve as conduits for delivering fluids and physiological signals which induce bone formation. Some embodiments include a subcutaneous cage assembly for helping to support the implant as the bone heals around it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Osteoceramics, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D McGee
  • Patent number: 10219908
    Abstract: A femoral prosthetic component includes a patellar guide portion, a pair of condyles projecting from the guide portion and forming an intercondylar notch therebetween, a bearing surface, and an interface surface configured to face a resected surface of a femur. The interface surface comprises an anterior face and a posterior face, and is substantially contoured between the anterior and posterior face to match a contoured surface of the femur. The substantially contoured interface surface may include at least one planar surface portion to abut a flat cut portion in the surface of the femur. This planar surface portion may be a distal flat at a distal face of the interface surface. The contoured interface surface may alternatively include a plurality of planar surface portions. The femoral prosthetic component is configured such that preparation of the bone to match the interface surface results in minimal resection of the distal femur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mako Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Nadzadi, Jason Otto, Amit Mistry
  • Patent number: 10219909
    Abstract: A system for modifying a talocalcaneal spatial relationship in a foot in a body, including a subtalar spacer having an articulating surface and implanted in the sinus tarsi of the foot and a fastener that fastens the subtalar spacer to a bone surface in the foot, in which the articulating surface of the subtalar spacer directs relative movement between the calcaneus and the talus of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: FOOT INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventors: Roy W. Sanders, Sergio Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 10219910
    Abstract: A device and method for a minimally invasive surgical implantation to reduce radicular symptoms by inserting an expandable cervical distraction implant in the facet joint and distracting the adjacent cervical vertebrae to increase the foraminal dimension. The implant, when positioned in the cervical facet joint, expands to via delivery of an inflation medium to increase the space between the vertebrae, thereby increasing the foraminal area or dimension, and reducing pressure on the nerves and blood vessels of the cervical spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce M. McCormack
  • Patent number: 10219911
    Abstract: A prosthetic disc for insertion between adjacent vertebrae includes a core having upper and lower curved surfaces, upper and lower plates, and peripheral restraining structure on at least one of the upper plate, the lower plate and the core. Each plate has an outer surface which engages a vertebra and an inner curved surface which slides over the curved surface of the core. The peripheral restraining structure serves to hold the core against a curved surface of at least one of the plates during sliding movement of the plates over the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Simplify Medical Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Malan De Villiers, Ulrich Hahnle
  • Patent number: 10219912
    Abstract: An interbody system for implanting between vertebrae, the interbody system comprises a cage having a cage body that includes a graft chamber having a volume that receives graft material, a sagittal wall that forms a portion of the graft chamber, and a wall membrane that forms another portion of the graft chamber. The interbody system may comprise an interbody device that includes an aperture that receives a bone fastener, wherein the wall membrane interacts with the bone fastener. The wall membrane may bend as result of a force applied by the bone fastener to a portion of the wall membrane, thereby providing directional support to the bone fastener and/or forcing graft material from the graft chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: CTL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Suh, Sean Suh
  • Patent number: 10219913
    Abstract: The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John Matthews, Mark Weiman, Hillary Adams, Chad Glerum, Sean Suh
  • Patent number: 10219914
    Abstract: A spacer for separating bones of a joint, the spacer includes a first endplate configured to engage a first bone of the joint, and comprising a ramped surface; a tissue engaging subassembly disposed in a compartment of the first endplate; a second endplate configured to engage a second bone of the joint; and a frame subassembly that extends between the first endplate and the second endplate. The frame subassembly comprises a drive nut, a drive shaft coupled to the drive nut, a ramped carriage coupled to the drive shaft, wherein the ramped carriage comprises a ramped surface operable to engage the ramped surface of the first endplate, and an actuation bar coupled to the drive nut comprising a plate operable to engage the tissue engaging subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Faulhaber
  • Patent number: 10219915
    Abstract: An expandable spinal fusion implant comprising first and second endplates coupled to an expansion member that sits within a housing. The expansion member is translated by a drive mechanism, whereby translation of the expansion member by the drive mechanism in a distal and proximal directions causes the distance between the endplates to increase and decrease, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Stein
  • Patent number: 10219916
    Abstract: A spinal fusion system may include an interbody fusion cage, a fixation plate, and an implanter. The interbody fusion cage may include a proximal region, a distal region opposite the proximal region, a superior region, an inferior region opposite the superior region, and an open volume between the proximal and distal regions. The superior and inferior regions are located between the proximal and distal regions and are configured such that, when the interbody fusion cage is implanted in the disc space, the superior region contracts the inferior end plate and the inferior region contacts the superior end plate. The fixation plate is receivable in the open volume of the interbody fusion cage and includes a superior blade and an inferior blade. At least one of the blades includes a first opening defined therein. The fixation plate is displaceable between a non-deployed state and a deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Tanaka, Edward Liou
  • Patent number: 10219917
    Abstract: A device for inserting a spinal implant into a disc space between two adjacent vertebrae. An elongated inserter defines a first axis and has an implant securing or clamping device at a distal end, holding the implant. An arcuate striking arm is pivotally connected at one end to the inserter. A slap hammer has a shaft. The second end of the striking arm is connected to the slap hammer. A force applied to the slap hammer defines an axis of force, moving the slap hammer shaft along the axis of force. The striking arm moves and pivots with respect to the inserter. The motion of the striking arm translates motion to the inserter and to the implant clamping device. An otherwise offset axis of the implant aligns with a desired direction of travel into the disc space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Dewey
  • Patent number: 10219918
    Abstract: A prosthetic device including an internal frame assembled from multiple longitudinal members and multiple transverse members, wherein each member is substantially planar and defines peripheral slots, and wherein the longitudinal members and transverse members are arranged to mate with one another to join the longitudinal members with the transverse members. In certain embodiments, a first group of longitudinal members is radially arranged relative to a central axis extending through the transverse members, and a second group of longitudinal members is tangentially arranged relative to the central axis, preferably with lateral edges of the second group of longitudinal members extending between two different longitudinal members of the first group of longitudinal members to provide enhanced torsional rigidity. An outer shaping member, which may be tubular in shape, may be arranged to cover at least a portion of the internal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey LaBelle, Sarah McBryan
  • Patent number: 10219919
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prosthetic hand capable of multiple grasp types. The prosthetic finger units are underactuated both within and between the finger units using a differential mechanism arrangement. The locking movement of the prosthetic thumb unit is coupled to the differential mechanism. As the user repositions the prosthetic thumb unit, the differential mechanism is effected as to alter both the initial positions and force distribution of the prosthetic finger units. The present invention further provides an additive manufacturing molding method for making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Belter, Aaron Michael Dollar, Michael Leddy, Kevin Dale Gemmell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10219921
    Abstract: A tubular prosthesis that includes a scaffolding formed by at least one scaffolding filament; a cover; and at least one controlled ingrowth feature constructed and arranged to abut an inner surface of a lumen wall when the prosthesis is implanted in the body lumen. The controlled ingrowth feature may extend inwards or outwards from the prosthesis outer surface. The controlled ingrowth feature may be formed by a scaffolding filament; by a separate filament; by the cover; and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Colby Harris, Stan R. Gilbert, John A. Hingston, William Bertolino, Claude O. Clerc, Petru Andrei
  • Patent number: 10219922
    Abstract: This disclosure is related to devices and related methods for isolating a treatment region in a human body from fluid pressure. In various embodiments, an implantable device for isolating a treatment region in a human body from fluid pressure comprises a first elongated segment, and a second elongated segment, and one or more branch segments in fluid communication with one of the first elongated segment and the second elongated segment. The elongated segments have a combined cross section that is substantially conformable to an intraluminal cross section of a body lumen into which they are implanted. A method of installing an implantable medical device into the body of a patient comprises deploying a first elongated segment, deploying a second elongated segment, and deploying one or more branch segments in a target region of a vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Robison
  • Patent number: 10219923
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering stents to body lumens include one or more tubular prostheses carried at the distal end of a catheter shaft, a sheath slidably disposed over the prostheses, and a guidewire tube extending from within the sheath to the exterior of the sheath through an exit port in a sidewall thereof. A guidewire extends slidably through the guidewire tube. The sheath can be moved relative to the catheter shaft and the guidewire tube to expose the prostheses for deployment. Methods of delivering stents are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: J.W. MEDICAL SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Dan Jeffery Hammersmark, Stephen Kao, Craig Welk, Pablo Acosta, Joseph Karatt
  • Patent number: 10219924
    Abstract: A multilayer stent configured for implantation in a body lumen, including a tubular outer layer comprising a first plurality of struts defining an outer layer mesh pattern extending between first and second ends of the outer layer, and a tubular inner layer comprising a second plurality of struts defining an inner layer mesh pattern extending between first and second ends of the inner layer. The inner-layer is at least partially disposed within the outer layer, wherein at least a portion of the inner layer is attached to, or integrally formed with, at least a portion of the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: STRYKER CORPORATION, STRYKER EUROPEAN HOLDINGS I, LLC
    Inventors: Brent C. Gerberding, Ted W. Layman, Clay W. Northrop
  • Patent number: 10219925
    Abstract: Controlled deployable medical devices that are retained inside a body passage and in one particular application to vascular devices used in repairing arterial dilations, e.g., aneurysms. Such devices can be adjusted during deployment, thereby allowing at least one of a longitudinal or radial re-positioning, resulting in precise alignment of the device to an implant target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Keith M. Flury, Michelle L. Gendron, Stanislaw L. Zukowski
  • Patent number: 10219926
    Abstract: Methods for crimping a stent on an expandable member of a delivery catheter, and devices and methods for treating a bifurcation are disclosed. A method for crimping includes positioning a stent having a first portion and a second portion over the expandable member, and non-uniformly crimping the stent to the expandable member. The method can include routing an elongate shaft under the second portion of the stent and through the side hole so as to be routed external to the first portion. The stent second portion can be crimped so that the elongate shaft can be slidably disposed relative to the stent second portion prior to deployment of the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Bourang, Mehran Khorsandi
  • Patent number: 10219927
    Abstract: A system for treating a bifurcation includes first and second delivery catheters, each having an expandable member and a stent. The stent on the second delivery catheter has a side hole. A portion of the first delivery catheter is disposed under a portion of the stent on second delivery catheter. The first delivery catheter is slidable relative to the second delivery catheter, and the first delivery catheter passes through the side hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Bourang, Mehran Khorsandi
  • Patent number: 10219928
    Abstract: A catheter system includes an introducer sheath and a delivery catheter having an external surface. A sleeve connector is supported on and axially movable relative to the external surface of the delivery catheter. A collapsible sleeve has a first end attached to the external surface of the delivery catheter at a first attachment and a second end attached to the sleeve connector at a second attachment. The catheter system includes a medical device placement configuration in which the delivery catheter is received through the introducer sheath, the sleeve connector is removably attached to the introducer sheath, and the collapsible sleeve is positioned radially between the external surface of the delivery catheter and an internal surface of the introducer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Kieran Costello
  • Patent number: 10219929
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems for endoluminal devices utilizing a sleeve for constraining an expandable device toward a constrained configuration suitable for endoluminal delivery to a treatment site along vasculature; and a mechanism for retracting at least a portion of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick M. Norris, Matthew G. Sondreaal
  • Patent number: 10219930
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking unintentional high amplitude muscle movements of a user and stabilizing a handheld tool are described. The method may include detecting motion of a housing of the handheld tool when manipulated by a user while the user is performing a task with a user-assistive device attached to an attachment arm of the handheld tool, and storing the detected motion in a memory of the handheld tool as motion data. Furthermore, the method may include controlling a first motion generating mechanism and a second motion generating mechanism by generating a first motion signal and a second motion signal that respectively drive the first motion generating mechanism in a first degree of freedom and the second motion generating mechanism in a second degree of freedom to stabilize motion of the user-assistive device attached to the attachment arm of the handheld tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Anupam J. Pathak, Michael Allen
  • Patent number: 10219931
    Abstract: An obstruction device includes an obstruction disc mounted on a proximal portion of a shaft. Anchoring members are disposed on the shaft on a proximal side of the obstruction disc. The anchoring members include a pair of loops which are orthogonal to each other, one being a longitudinal member and the other a latitudinal member. One or more support struts, which include one or more loops, are disposed on a distal side of the obstruction disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Easynotes Ltd.
    Inventors: Izhak Fabian, Nir Altman, Steven Haas, Yoav Hirsch
  • Patent number: 10219932
    Abstract: A supporter according to the present invention includes a first supporting section provided so as to extend along a lateral side of a knee joint, a second supporting section extending diagonally upwardly from a first long side along an upper edge of a kneecap so as to reach a second long side, and a third supporting section extending diagonally downwardly from the first long side along a lower edge of the kneecap so as to reach the second long side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: OKAMOTO CORPORATION, THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST
    Inventors: Nobuaki Onuma, Chika Sokawa, Masaaki Makikawa
  • Patent number: 10219933
    Abstract: An orthosis for supination and/or pronation of a forearm of a wearer, the orthosis including a base, an upper arm support coupled to the base and configured to secure an upper arm of the wearer, a rotation assembly coupled to the base and including an output member rotatable relative to the base within a rotation plane, and a forearm support member coupled to the output member of the rotation assembly and configured to releasably engage a wrist and the forearm of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Bonutti Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Bonutti, Boris P. Bonutti, Kevin R. Ruholl, Glen A. Phillips
  • Patent number: 10219934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nasal dilator including: two intranasal stents (1) and a connecting band (2), wherein each of two ends of the connecting band (2) being symmetrically connected to one intranasal stent (1), each intranasal stent (1) having an elastic band-shape structure, each intranasal stent (1) has a straight-line shape, an arc-line shape, a bow shape, or a fold-line shape in a cross section perpendicular to a width direction of the elastic banded structure, each intranasal stent (1), along a length direction of the elastic band-shape structure, comprises: a nasal septum supporting section (3), a bending section (4), and a nasal alar dilating section (5), each intranasal stent (1) has a generally C-shape in a cross-section perpendicular to a central axis of nasal passages, wherein an opening of the C-shape faces towards a nasal base (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 10219935
    Abstract: A device reduces breathing obstructions of a user. A base member removably couples to the upper or lower jaw of the user. An elastic support member couples to the base member and includes at least one contact surface for contacting at least one region of tissue. The elastic support member moves between a retracted state and a deployed state. In the retracted state, the at least one contact surface spatially separates from the at least one region of tissue. In the deployed state, at least a portion of the elastic support member extends such that the at least one contact surface contacts the at least one region of tissue preventing at least partial collapse of at least a section of the upper airway. A control unit actuates an electro-mechanical drive arrangement to move the elastic support member between the retracted and deployed states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: THOMAS MEDICAL LTD.
    Inventor: Noam Hadas